Bowser and Toadstool/Peach have come a long way. PLAYERS: 1-2 alternating PUBLISHER: Nintendo DEVELOPER: Nintendo GENRE: Platformer RELEASE DATE: October 1985 World 2-1 The lack of oxygen doesn’t hold Mario back from dancing on a vine. With the second world, Nintendo tweaks an important ground rule … Continue reading #623 – Super Mario Bros. Part 3: Worlds 2-4
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#623 – Super Mario Bros. Part 2: World 1
In case you forgot… Hooray! The title screen! PLAYERS: 1-2 alternating PUBLISHER: Nintendo DEVELOPER: Nintendo GENRE: Platformer RELEASE DATE: October 1985 World 1-1 or “How Mario Got His Pilot Wings” It happens to the best of us. Mario starts off small and weak. … Continue reading #623 – Super Mario Bros. Part 2: World 1
#623 – Super Mario Bros. Part 1 – An Overview
The Lord of the Jump makes a significant, life-destroying error. Bowser looked a lot more frightening back in the day. PLAYERS: 1-2 alternating PUBLISHER: Nintendo DEVELOPER: Nintendo GENRE: Platformer RELEASE DATE: October 1985 The original Super Mario Bros. is one of the most analyzed and discussed games of … Continue reading #623 – Super Mario Bros. Part 1 – An Overview
#622 – Super Jeopardy!
Digitized speech? 4-Player Game?! I’m hyperventilating! Las Vegas, 3 A.M. PLAYERS: 1-4 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Gametek DEVELOPER: Gametek GENRE: Game show RELEASE DATE: September 1991 Gametek’s obsession with misshapen troll people continues in Super Jeopardy!. It’s the last of Gametek’s quad-fecta of Jeopardy! games on the Nintendo and the … Continue reading #622 – Super Jeopardy!
#621 – Super Glove Ball
Now you’re playing with a smelly glove! Overcome by boredom. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Mattel DEVELOPER: Rare GENRE: Arcade RELEASE DATE: October 1990 Super Glove Ball was designed to be played with the Mattel Power Glove. Even in 1990, this seems insane. Sure, the Power Glove had a great … Continue reading #621 – Super Glove Ball
#620 – Super Dodgeball
Uh… That’s better. Playing in Iceland, though it looks suspiciously like another planet. PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Sony Imagesoft DEVELOPER: Million GENRE: Sports RELEASE DATE: June 1989 Is there anything Kunio-kun and his gang can’t do? River City Ransom added depth to the stale beat … Continue reading #620 – Super Dodgeball
#619 – Super Cars
Vroom. Vroom, I say. Grand Theft Super Car. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Electro Brain DEVELOPER: Gremlin Entertainment GENRE: Racing RELEASE DATE: February 1991 In a top 10 list for “Most Evocative NES Titles,” Super Cars might place at #732 if it’s lucky. Honestly, I find more grievances with the … Continue reading #619 – Super Cars
#618 – Super C
I’ll take it. Those wings must have been a huge undertaking. PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Konami DEVELOPER: Konami GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: April 1990 1988. Contra – one of the best action games ever made – is released. It turns a generation of children, boys and girls alike, … Continue reading #618 – Super C
#617 – Sunday Funday: The Ride
This was originally called Tuesday Poo-sday but the Wisdom Tree marketers wouldn’t stand for it. Exploding plumbers isn’t something you typically deal with on the way to church, but he had it coming. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Wisdom Tree DEVELOPER: Wisdom Tree GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: 1995 Sunday Funday takes … Continue reading #617 – Sunday Funday: The Ride
#616 – Stunt Kids
47 nightmarish levels. Those poor snails. The Stunt Kid would rather take his own life than squelch that of an innocent duck. PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Camerica DEVELOPER: Codemasters GENRE: Racing RELEASE DATE: 1992 Nothing says “why God why” like a horrible unlicensed rip-off of Excitebike. Stunt Kids … Continue reading #616 – Stunt Kids
#615 – Strider
Hiryu is easily offended by gross mustaches. He also runs laps up the pyramids every day. “It’s good for my glutes!” he cries. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Capcom DEVELOPER: Capcom GENRE: Action/Adventure RELEASE DATE: July 1989 Strider should be great. Capcom developed it. It stars a sweet ninja with … Continue reading #615 – Strider
#614 – Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
My seven-year-old self knew better: this wasn’t Street Fighter. Well, poop. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Capcom DEVELOPER: Capcom GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: September 1990 Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight has nothing to do with either of those storied Capcom franchises. It could have been called Robo Generica for … Continue reading #614 – Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight